'Thomas R. Dye' is an
Emeritus Professor of
Political Science at
Florida State University. He was formerly McKenzie Professor of
Government.
Areas of interest
His
research interests center on the conflict between the two political
organizational theories of
Elitism vs.
Pluralism in
American politics. His two best known works ''
The Irony of Democracy'' (now in its 13th edition) and ''
Who's Running America?'' (now in its 7th edition, ''The Bush Restoration'') discuss this on-going conflict in great detail.
Dye has also researched and published on the role of major
campaign contributors,
foundations and
think tanks,
interest groups, and the
media in
policy formation in
Washington, D.C..
Academic preparation
Dye graduated from
Pennsylvania State University where he received his
B.S. and
M.A. degrees; Dye received his
Ph.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania.
Major publications
★ ''
Politics in States and Communities'' (now in 11th edition)
★ ''
Politics in America'' (Political Science text book now in 6th edition)
★ ''
Understanding Public Policy'' (now in 11th edition)
★ ''
Who's Running America?'' (now in 7th edition)
★ ''
Top Down Policymaking''
★ ''
Power and Society''
★ ''
The Irony of Democracy'' (now in 13th edition)
★ ''
Politics in Florida''
★ ''
American Politics in the Media Age''
★ ''
American Federalism''
See also
★
Elitism
★
Oligarchy
★
List of political authors
★
List of political scientists
External link
★
Homepage of Professor Thomas R. Dye
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